Setting up Home Sweet Home

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Setting up Home Sweet Home

Post by bettykisby » Tue Sep 05, 2023 7:02 am

Hello
We are getting things ready before we adopt.
We have a 40 gallon tank and I’m wandering how much playsand I need to get.
Which one is recommended

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Re: Setting up Home Sweet Home

Post by myllkti » Tue Sep 05, 2023 10:38 am

any playsand is good! Popular brands are quikrete and sakrete. for a 40 gallon about 40 bags will be good, the rule of thumb is usually 1 bag of sand and 1 bag/brick of eco earth per 10 gallons, but you dont have to use ecoearth if you dont want to for some reason
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Re: Setting up Home Sweet Home

Post by curlysister » Tue Sep 05, 2023 10:34 pm

myllkti wrote:
Tue Sep 05, 2023 10:38 am
any playsand is good! Popular brands are quikrete and sakrete. for a 40 gallon about 40 bags will be good, the rule of thumb is usually 1 bag of sand and 1 bag/brick of eco earth per 10 gallons, but you dont have to use ecoearth if you dont want to for some reason
I think you mean FOUR bags, not FORTY! LOL!
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Re: Setting up Home Sweet Home

Post by myllkti » Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:27 am

curlysister wrote:
Tue Sep 05, 2023 10:34 pm
I think you mean FOUR bags, not FORTY! LOL!
OH MY- Yes, yes I did, oh my goodness, that would've been quite something! Thank you, phew
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Re: Setting up Home Sweet Home

Post by curlysister » Wed Sep 06, 2023 6:49 pm

myllkti wrote:
Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:27 am
OH MY- Yes, yes I did, oh my goodness, that would've been quite something! Thank you, phew
Hahaha, no problem! Stupid typos!
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